LIGHT GUIDES WITH REDUCED HOT SPOTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Patent 3295226

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EP 3 295 226 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.03.2018 Bulletin 2018/12

(21)	Application number: 16724796.4

(22)	Date of filing: 11.05.2016

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02B 6/00^(2006.01)
B23K 26/40^(2014.01)

B23K 26/38^(2014.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2016/031777

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2016/183148 (17.11.2016 Gazette 2016/46)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA MD

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Priority:

13.05.2015 US 201562160855 P

(71)	Applicant: Corning Incorporated
	Corning, New York 14831 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	GOLLIER, Jacques Redmond, Washington 98052 (US)

(74)	Representative: Scheuermann, Erik
	Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

(54)	LIGHT GUIDES WITH REDUCED HOT SPOTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME